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The Honda EV-STER was conceived as a latter-day Honda Beat, and it looks about that size but design director Yoshinori Asahi says it’s about 40mm wider than the Japanese Kei-car standard to which the original Beat conformed. It’s unknown whether a production version would shave that extra width out to gain the tax advantage and probably preclude sales in the U.S. where such a narrow car would likely never pass crash standards.

Its face, which is shared thematically with the AC-X and inspired by the FCX Clarity fuel-cell vehicle, is going to be the look of Hondas going forward. The dash layout is motorcycle-inspired, and might be production feasible, but the twin-lever steering will never fly. Steering the car involves pivoting the vertical handles forward and backward, and it’s said to be more ergonomically natural than turning a wheel. Okay, but we’re all used to the other way. Best news: Though the concept is electrically powered with rear-wheel drive, it is package-protected for a gasoline engine, which would slip in right behind the seats, where God intended it to be. Hallelujah.